Camillus
Erie Canal Park & Sims Store Museum Sims' Museum is a replica canal side store circa 1856. The park also features a dry section of Clinton's Ditch, Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct, replica lock tender's shanty, and other outdoor displays. Trails for hiking, bicycling, snowmobiling, and horseback riding.
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Canasota
Canastota Canal Town Museum Housed in one of the oldest structures in the village, the museum exhibits artifacts and authentic canal memorabilia, including pictures, books, cemetary files, news clippings, and local genealogy information. visit site >>
Chittenango
Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum Located within the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park; 96-foot long cargo boats were built and repaired on this site during the 19th and 20th centuries. The museum tells of the construction of these boats, the workings of the restored dry docks, and the social history of the canal era. visit site >> |
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Kirkville
Old Erie Canal State Historic Park 36-mile linear park provides recreational opportunties along a portion of the historic Enlarged Erie Canal, constructed between 1836-1862. DeWitt Canal Center, located in the park, has a full-size boat collection including historic houseboat and buoy tender.
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Syracuse
Erie Canal Museum Housed in the only remaining Weighlock Building (1850), where canal boats were weighed during the days when they traveled through the center of Syracuse on the Erie Canal. Exhibits on all facets of the canal.
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verona beach
Verona Beach Light House Historic light house built in 1915 to guide canal boats on Oneida Lake. Located adjacent to Verona Beach State Park off Rte. 13. visit site >> |
